ART HIST 351 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Georges Braque, Ferdinand Hodler, History Of Asian Art
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They came to berlin because they could not find patrons in dresden. Artists were coming to berlin because it was new, there were dealers and they could make money, whereas in vienna there were not dealers. They knew work by italian futurists and cubists. Peter is a bum, someone who is duped easily. It is a series about a man who sold his shadow. Standing youth-hands over himself portray him as strong. Travelled through russia and saw peasants wearing drapes, his figures wear drapes. His war monuments generalize people and were criticized as being anti war/patriotic. Male female distinction in art-male is darker because he is bulkier and has a figure, woman is lighter in color. Schiele begins with decoration, but takes the idea to different lengths. Breaks out of ornamentation of jugenstil and goes to expressionist. Fine contour line, like klimt, yet with completely different feeling, energy, scratches.
